I finally bottled today. It sat in the fermenter for almost 4 weeks- due completely to my busyness. It should only help it in the long run… but I’ve never waited this long from start to finish, and I’m itching to try it out. I’ll taste one in a week… but shouldn’t expect them to be totally conditioned (carbonated, flavors together, etc) for 2-4 weeks.
As nice as it is to have it bottled… I hate prepping the bottles. Scrubbing off the labels is as tedious as it gets. But once the bottles are de-labeled, cleaned and sanitized, it’s a pretty quick process.
The setup:
The bottling: there is a ball bearing type device on the end of this wand that releases the beer when depressed.
And this, my friends, is what 5 gallons of Scotch Ale looks like bottled:
